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Zeiss

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Dec 18, 2006
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Hi,

Macpro 8 Core 2.4Ghz with 12Gig RAM and top ATI card. Running Windows 7 through Bootcamp (much better than Parallels 6!). Ran the Performance Benchmark and returned a score of 7.6, except for HD which was 5.3. Apparently the top score for current hardware is 7.9, so I am wondering if others have run the test, and whether this is hardware or driver related etc, and what other people are getting.....
 

Garen

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Apr 9, 2010
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I haven't checked on my new Hexacore yet but on my 2007 8C 3.0 2.1 MacPro with 17GB memory I get 7.7 for processor and 5.9 for the HD.

Garen
 

Dragonforce

macrumors 6502a
Apr 9, 2008
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Germany
I think you can't get more than 5.9 unless you get a SSD to replace your HDD - and the correct AHCI drivers / settings.
 

ugru

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Sep 8, 2002
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Caput Mundi
My MacBook Pro late 2008 with a OWC SSD get 7.1 in disk performance....

Every $/€ spent in a SSD is the only real improvement in performance....
 

Transporteur

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Nov 30, 2008
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Perhaps more people will post now that its been a while and more people have gotten themselves a machine.

Doubt it. :D
The Windows performance test shouldn't be considered as a reliable statement about system performance. I mean how could it? It takes a second to run, do you guys really put any trust in that kind of "benchmarking"?
I, certainly, do not.
 

Vylen

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Jun 3, 2010
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Doubt it. :D
The Windows performance test shouldn't be considered as a reliable statement about system performance. I mean how could it? It takes a second to run, do you guys really put any trust in that kind of "benchmarking"?
I, certainly, do not.

The number by itself is meaningless, but as long as the testing method is the same or consistent on different machines, then the number used in a comparative situation is just as good as any other benchmark - which is actually the whole point of the windows performance results (and any other benchmark really).

Naturally, it's up to individuals though to interpret the numbers since benchmarking results have no scale and are generally arbitrary as a result.

Long story short, windows performance test is usable as a testing metric as long as you understand any shortcomings in the numbers produced :p
 

Transporteur

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Nov 30, 2008
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Long story short, windows performance test is usable as a testing metric as long as you understand any shortcomings in the numbers produced :p

And that's exactly the problem.
The test simply isn't exact enough, which results in equal test results for different machines / hardware.
 
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